Pocket cigarette-machine



(No Model.)

GPH. ZINK. POOKET CIGARETTE MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 3, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. ZINK, OE GENEVA, NEBRASKA.

POCKET CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,357, dated January3, 1893.

Application filed May 9, 1392- Serial No. 432,344. (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern.

Be it known thatI, GEORGE H. ZINK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Geneva, in the county of Fillmore and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PocketCigarette-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the in- Vention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in cigarette rolling machines, andthe object of the invention is to provide a simple and compact device bywhich the user can quickly and easily roll together a wrapper and fillerto produce a cigarette.

With these ends in view my invention consists of the combination of acasing or shell provided in its end walls with parallel slots eachhaving an are shaped offset, a pair of stationary or fixed rollersarranged within said casing, a movable roller having its trunnionsjournaled in the slots in the ends of the casing, and an endless apronpassing around said movable and stationary rollers.

My invention consists, further, in the peculiar construction andarrangementof parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and,claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machineconstructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view through the machine showing the bight in the apron empty;Fig. 3 is a similar view after the tobacco has been compacted by therollers and apron, and Fig. 4 is a similar View showing the paper orwrapper being wound around the tobacco roll.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawings, referring to which:-

A designates the inclosing shell or case which is made of any suitablematerial and form, preferably of sheet metal and in the generally rectan gular form shown with the curved bottom and top sides.

Within the casing A are arranged two stationary or fixed rollers B, C,said rollers being journaled in the end walls of the casing. The rollerB is arranged in the upper rear part of the interior of the casing A andthe roller 0 is arranged below and in advance of the roller B. A thirdbut movable roller D, is arranged in advance of the rollers B, O, theends of said roller being provided with trunnions (Z which ride or fitin parallel slots E, E, formed in the end walls of the casing A. Theslots E, E, are each provided at their upper ends with lateral offsets Fwhich are of the are shaped form shown,.the main part of each slot beingseparated from its arc shaped end thereof by a lug or projectionf.

An endless apron G extends around the movable roller D and stationaryrollers 13,0.

In using my improved machine, the movable roller is raised in the areshaped ends F of the slots sufficiently to clear the upper end of thedividing lug fand said roller is moved into the position shown in Fig.2.The proper quantity of tobacco is then introduced into the bight Lformed in the apron G between the rollers B and D, and said movableroller is then returned to its original position in the are shaped endsof the slots as shown in Fig. 3. The machine is then held between thethumb and first finger of each hand and the movable roller is rotated inthe direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3. As the roller D isrotated, the apron G and rollers B, O, are also rotated and the tobaccoin the bight L of the apron is compactly rolled into a cylindrical formof uniform size. After the roller D has been revolved a few times, oneedge of a wrapper M of the desired size is inserted between the upperforward edge of the casing A and the movable roller D. Said 'movableroller is then revolved a few more times to wrap the paper closelyaround the compact roll of tobacco within the bight of the apron, theupper edge of the paper being moistened slightly before it is whollydrawn into the casing A. The roller D is then raised to clear the lugs fand as it falls into the position shown in Fig. 2 the cigarette can beeasily removed from the apron or belt G.

1. A cigarette roller, consisting of an inclosing shell or case providedin its end walls with parallel slots, stationary rollers arranged withinsaid shell or case, a movable roller provided at its ends with trunnionswhich fit in the slots in the end walls of the shell, and an endlessbelt or apron passing around the stationary and movable rollers,substantially as described.

2. A cigarette roller, consisting of an inclosing shell or case havingthe slots, provided with the lateral offsets, in the end walls,stationary rollers arranged within the casing, a movable roller providedwith gudgeons which fit in the slots in the end walls of the casing, andan endless apron or belt passing around the movable and stationaryrollers, substantially as described.

3. A cigarette roller, consisting of a case or shell having in its endwalls the parallel slots each provided with an are shaped olfsetextending to one side of the length of the slot, stationary rollersjonrnaled in the ends of the case or shell at one side of the slotstherein, a movable roller having its trunnions fitted and free to movein the slots in the ends of the case or shell, and an apron fittedaround all of the rollers and having a bight provided between themovable rollers and one of the fixed rollers, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. ZINK.

Witnesses:

J NO. D. CARSON, A. B. PAYTON.

